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Boost your visibility on Google+ - Share the circle!To be added to or stay in this Circle - Share the circleIf you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#circles #Gif #Cute #Anime #Animals #Online #Life #CatLovers #Cat #FunnyPics #Quote #Art #CaturdayEveryday #QuoteOfTheDay #Truth #Dog #Dogs #XD #Meme #LOL #Humor #Cute #Anime #Gif #Animals #Cat #CatLovers #Art #Online #Cats #Life #FunnyPics #CaturdayEveryday #Dog #Quote #Dogs #Truth #Manga

This circle contains people who really are interesting and active people on Google Plus.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#publiccircle #circleshare #circlesharing #philadelphia #phoenix #san_antonio #san_diego #san_francisco #san_jose #seattle #tampa #washington #american_samoa #american_samoa #pago_pago #fiji #fiji #nadi #fiji #suva #argentina #argentina #buenos_aires #argentina #cordoba #argentina #iguaza #argentina #mendoza #argentina #rosaio #argentina #san_carlos_de_bariloche #bolivia #bolivia #cochabamba

Via +John Wood Thank you :) This circle will add amazing, and wonderful content to you stream.Boost your visibility on Google+ - Share the circle!To be added to or stay in this Circle - Share the circleIf you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!﻿

This circle will add amazing, and wonderful content to you stream.Boost your visibility on Google+ - Share the circle!To be added to or stay in this Circle - Share the circleIf you received the notice you are in this circle, then well done.If you would like to be included in the next Circle Share, you only have to do these simple steps:1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#circleshare #Sociology #Funny #Software #Solar #Startup #SystemsThinking #Teaching #bigdata #Technology #tsunami #Transformation #Transplendence #Trust #Water #WaterResources #pharmacognosy #love #WavePower #Web #tsu #WebAnalytics #clinical #Wind #Addcircle #addcircles #tsunation #addfriends #Addpeople #cvd #awesomecircle #awesomepeople #circle #circleoftheday #food

Active users on Google+. Circle Share If you received a notification, please reshare to your circlesIf you’d like to be added to the next circle share • +1 this circle • Share this circle to PUBLIC • Include me in your circles • Comment on this post﻿#sharedpubliccircles #sharedpublicircles #sharedcircle #AddCircle #FindCircles #addcircle #circlemeup #circlesdiscovery #circleshare #circlesharing #publiccircle #publicsharedcircles﻿

Circle share with new friendsHi friends follow this circle1 - Include me in your circles2 - Share the circle (Publicly)3 - Add +1 to the post.4 - Leave a comment if you like.I will thankful if you plus and share this circle!#circles #shared #share #add #friends #circle #share #sharecircle﻿

If you want visibility to your profile or page, add and interact with these people. You will see a massive improvement in followers by just being part of shared circles.To get in, and to ensure you stay in circle you need to do the following:1. Plus this post 2. Publicly share this circle to public, your circles and extended circles.3. Add the circle if you can, if not try again later.4. Add me to your circles, if you haven't done so already5. If possible, leave a comment on this circle so I know you have done the three steps above.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@I apologize if I made any mistake, I will correct it...#SharedCircles #CircleoftheDay #CircleSharing #SharedCircles #PublicCircle #EngagersCircle #GoogleCircles #TeamEngagers #hk #china ﻿

2014 Super Sci-FI Circle : No, the Sky is not Falling!!! Also the Gravity is not sucking you in... please +1 this post to support it or you may have to take a trip in Snowpiercer, no need to thank me. Please reshare if you think this is a worthwhile circle. If you have been notified, you are in the circle!All the people in this circle are linked to our community (see link further down). As usual, please tag and recommend anyone who you think should be in this circle. Live long and prosper!Sci-FI Community here: http://goo.gl/s1NVd Science Fiction Pics: http://goo.gl/sOSPK5Mighty Shiny Browncoats : http://goo.gl/9osg1tDoctor Who : http://goo.gl/z3uWX3Ultimate Star Wars : http://goo.gl/Wu8bv6Ultimate Star Trek : http://goo.gl/JJPql9Science on G+ community here: http://goo.gl/46uFH #sciencefiction #sf #scifi ﻿

If your looking for amazing people that might share your circle..add the ones that share this circleIN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: 1. Plus the post 2. Share the post 3. Add the circle if you can, if not try again later. 4. Request to be added in comments or let me know if you should be in it and for some reason are not.#circlesharing #circleshare #circleoftheday #sharedpubliccircles #sharedcircle #sharedcircles #sharedpubliccircles #circleshare #circlesharing #fullcircleshare #topsharedcircle #circleoftheday #sharedcircle #topsharedcircle #socialmedia #SEO #socialmediamarketing #socialnetworking ﻿

Here is a group of Active Engagers, Circle Sharers, Awesome Plus Oners, and Cool People on Google Plus! Circle Sharing is an awesome way to increase your followers and active engagers on your profile. Some of my favorite people that I've met here on Google + through Circle Sharing. Want to be in the next Circle of Awesomeness? Follow the Steps Below! ☛ Add the circle ☛ Share in the Public ☛ Plus 1 the Post. ☛ Comment.﻿

Here is a group of Active Engagers, Circle Sharers, Awesome Plus Oners, and Cool People on Google Plus! Circle Sharing is an awesome way to increase your followers and active engagers on your profile. Some of my favorite people that I've met here on Google + through Circle Sharing. Want to be in the next Circle of Awesomeness? Follow the Steps Below! ☛ Add the circle ☛ Share in the Public ☛ Plus 1 the Post. ☛ Comment. ﻿

Good morning /evening to all!Этот круг объединяет людей со схожими интересами и активной жизненной позицией в Google+Буду признателен всем, кто присоединится и поделится этим кругом.This circle unites people with similar interests and an active lifestyle in Google+ I would be grateful to all those who will join and share this circle. #ForFriends #EarthMyMother #photo ﻿

Shared circle for active G+ users with a link to China, May 2014May has kicked in and here is our monthly edition of a shared circle of active Google+ users who have an interests in, or are living in China. We both see a firm dropout of users, but also new ones coming in.If you are not parts of this circle and you would like to be included in June, plus this original message (makes sure that if the message is shared to plus the original one).Later this week we will set up a +China Hangouts to discuss the position of Google+ in China.﻿

Complete Circle Of Google Employee'sAdd this circle if you want to connect with the lovely people who work at our beloved Google.I have curated this circle personally and it list's ONLY Google staff.I personally LOVE Google in it's many forms and I think the people behind the scenes deserve some appreciation, so if your reading this follow these steps if you agree:1.) +1 2.) Comment3.) RE-SHARE4.) Add people***************************************************************The following people are some of my favourite G+'ers and I'd love them to re-share this circle if they would be so kind:+Christine DeGraff +Tancredi Matranga +Vladimir Samsonov +Ludovic Moreeuw +CircleCount +Edith Kukla +Miguel Almeida Sharing +Michael Q Todd +Amanda Blain +Mikhail Petrovsky +Daniel Mihai Popescu +Gorka Ortiz +Erik Barrett +Cristian Bianchi +Hoang Duong +AyJay Schibig +

April China shared circle for active Google+ usersThe monthly edition of active Google+ users who have a relation (and regularly post) about China. Do you want to be included in the next May edition? Plus this message.Feel free to share this message, but ask people to plus the original message﻿

February edition of the G+ China shared circleThe China shared circle is a monthly feature, bringing together active users on Google+, who have a relation with China. Every now and then we moderate the circle and kick out people who do not use Google+ regularly or have no relation with China.Do you want to be included in the March edition? Plus this message. Feel free to share this circle, but ask people who want to be included to plus the original message.﻿

Circle of the Most Active Users of Google+Круг наиболее активных пользователей Google+Good evening/night to friends on the other side of the globe, enjoy the day when it comes to your side!Share and be sharedНовый день новый круг!New day new circle!.....#ForFriends﻿

Shared Circle of people suggested by other Plussers 1/6A call ( https://plus.google.com/112144785911700169746/posts/GhKufyejUCj ) to mention your most favorite people on +Google+, resulted in 6 shared circles. All blue heads, in-actives, pages and non public posters are removed using +Circloscope. Those who abused this action had their mentions removed.#engagers #sharedcircles #circleshare #share ﻿

January edition of the shared Google+ circle on ChinaThe monthly curated circle of active Google+ users in and on China. You can add us to your circles in one click. If you want to be included next month, let me know.If you are interested, we are running on Thursday a hangouthttps://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c04479uungbjjnib017hncpoaukIt will be an "open office" session where you can set your system, discuss possible upcoming issues and meet possible a few other Google+ers.﻿

Share circle for Google+ users on China in DecemberOnce a month we publish a moderated circle of active Google+ users, who are involved with China (you do not have to live there). Here is our December installment.Do you want to be included in 2014? Ping this messages. Feel free to share this message, but ask your people to plus the original message if they want to be included next time.You are wrongly included? Let me know.﻿

Shared circle of active China Google+ users for NovemberA heavily cleaned up circle of active Google+ users with a China relationship. We have kicked out some people who have no relationship with China or have not used their account for ages. Did we kick you out wrongly, or are you not included while you want? Plus this message and we will include you in December.Feel free to share this circle, but do as people to plus the original message if they want to be included in December.﻿

Hahaaaaa. Today is a very special day! It's my birthday and colleague +Bob Collin is 7 years in Hong Kong and got his permanent residency. Our colleagues bought us a suckling pig to celebrate these events

Update: It turned out that in the background was our complete yearplan, which is not a real secret but an exaggeration to put on this non-ghost tomwn called Google Plus Streams. Enter colleague +Theo Poon. He photoshopped it away. Thx, Theo.A funny anecdote is that Theo first photoshopped the yearplanaway from the wrong picture, that didn't show the pig properly: dropbox.com/sc/a6dr7och2s5qfce/AABu6siRzbseAgqCGq0dEC-ja﻿

Hahaaaaa. Today is a very special day! It's my birthday and colleague +Bob Collin is 7 years in Hong Kong and got his permanent residency. Our colleagues bought us a suckling pig to celebrate these events

Update: It turned out that in the background was our complete yearplan, which is not a real secret but an exaggeration to put on this non-ghost tomwn called Google Plus Streams. Enter colleague +Theo Poon. He photoshopped it away. Thx, Theo.A funny anecdote is that Theo first photoshopped the yearplanaway from the wrong picture, that didn't show the pig properly: dropbox.com/sc/a6dr7och2s5qfce/AABu6siRzbseAgqCGq0dEC-ja﻿___

Update: This is six years ago today http://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/je65i9wVMLqbrmF when I turned 40 on the Great Ocean Road. And two years ago https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/Uw50s5CW3bnddHD in Singapore.

Update: This is six years ago today http://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/je65i9wVMLqbrmF when I turned 40 on the Great Ocean Road. And two years ago https://carousel.dropbox.com/photos/cc/Uw50s5CW3bnddHD in Singapore.

Smart search that includes answers. Don't you love it that nowadays you can search because you have a question and when you hit enter, you get the answer from the best source. These are two answers I stumbled upon yesterday. Thank you, Google

Update: I looked up chicken game because my wife reminded me that I'm a master of the chicken game. We were going out for dinner with others but my wife didn't feel good, so she didn't want to come. Instead of canceling, I decided I'd await to see if the other party canceled and if not I'd go by myself. In the end they called in sick. I love game theory. First time I heard of chicken game was in Rebel without a Cause. This one: The Chicken Game: http://youtu.be/u7hZ9jKrwvoLastly: I updated the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause because it only had the word "Chickie Run" and ... more »

Smart search that includes answers. Don't you love it that nowadays you can search because you have a question and when you hit enter, you get the answer from the best source. These are two answers I stumbled upon yesterday. Thank you, Google

Update: I looked up chicken game because my wife reminded me that I'm a master of the chicken game. We were going out for dinner with others but my wife didn't feel good, so she didn't want to come. Instead of canceling, I decided I'd await to see if the other party canceled and if not I'd go by myself. In the end they called in sick. I love game theory. First time I heard of chicken game was in Rebel without a Cause. This one: The Chicken Game: http://youtu.be/u7hZ9jKrwvoLastly: I updated the Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_Without_a_Cause because it only had the word "Chickie Run" and therefore Google didn't match it. Now it does: "have a "Chickie Run (Game of Chicken)" at Millertown Bluff, a high seaside cliff". Here's the TLDRify deeplink http://tldrify.com/7gl . Some SEO there!﻿___

Look! Here's the old Hong Kong taxi. 99% are Toyota but this one is its predecessor, the Nissan Cedric. Does anyone know why they got changed all of the sudden? And And how? Were they not privately owned? ﻿

Look! Here's the old Hong Kong taxi. 99% are Toyota but this one is its predecessor, the Nissan Cedric. Does anyone know why they got changed all of the sudden? And And how? Were they not privately owned? ﻿___

A lion came dancing in the +Algorithmic Trading Group (ATG)​ office to bless it for the year of the goat. Thank you, lion played by our co-founder and head of IT +Chun Wing Man​ ﻿Edit: +Christopher Cheng​ shot this one minute clip which also has the typical lion dance sound http://youtu.be/yrpZb47g28E﻿

A lion came dancing in the +Algorithmic Trading Group (ATG)​ office to bless it for the year of the goat. Thank you, lion played by our co-founder and head of IT +Chun Wing Man​ ﻿Edit: +Christopher Cheng​ shot this one minute clip which also has the typical lion dance sound http://youtu.be/yrpZb47g28E﻿___

How wonderful to receive appreciation of a co-worker/employee. +Afonso Juno Chan​, you're welcome. Both for the Yellow Umbrella http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope as for the content

I really love and appreciate this red packet! Thanks +Tom Voute ﻿___How wonderful to receive appreciation of a co-worker/employee. +Afonso Juno Chan​, you're welcome. Both for the Yellow Umbrella http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope as for the content

My favorite Inbox by Gmail extensions on Chrome desktopAfter seeing +Scott Greenstone's post https://plus.google.com/+ScottGreenstone/posts/5mkSn84u4ZE on Chrome extensions for Inbox (thx, Scott), I decided to give them a quick try. I adopted these:https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gmelius-for-inbox-by-gmai/dlbjhjnahgmigifoggidegpakbcjomgg - +Gmelius has many options, like signatures etc. I only use the pop-up for replying (drag and drop pictures only works there, not yet in the main screen) and the formatting toolbar but there are 19 more settings of which I'm sure some are of your likinghttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/power-google-inbox/onljdklnkcfecedfepomkloibkobiakh - Power Google Inbox leaves the navigation drawer (left column in picture) open and crunches it nicely so that you can see and click on many items. I personally don't like drop down menu's because it involves extra clicking, waiting and mouse movementhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/background-for-inbox/comnjhiolfpohdfffgggojgamelmanac - Yay! Background pic! Why just white?

My favorite Twitter news reading setup for desktopI like dabr.co.uk (left in the picture) as a Twitter client in the browser for reading my news. Since about a week I found Chrome extension Niftysplit https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/niftysplit/bkmjnlfillpnkgmjnhgklpjjlpjnfeil?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog that allows the links to open simultaneously in a separate window (right) while you're scrolling through the Twitter news. Although this setup is similar to ctrl-clicking, I like this setup because the visual feedback of the right window is much bigger

#tomtips﻿

My favorite Twitter news reading setup for desktopI like dabr.co.uk (left in the picture) as a Twitter client in the browser for reading my news. Since about a week I found Chrome extension Niftysplit https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/niftysplit/bkmjnlfillpnkgmjnhgklpjjlpjnfeil?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog that allows the links to open simultaneously in a separate window (right) while you're scrolling through the Twitter news. Although this setup is similar to ctrl-clicking, I like this setup because the visual feedback of the right window is much bigger

I read this cool story about how the poop 💩 emoji came into to existence http://www.fastcompany.com/3037803/the-oral-history-of-the-poop-emoji-or-how-google-brought-poop-to-americaAlso interesting in the light of the history and future of emojis ﻿

I read this cool story about how the poop 💩 emoji came into to existence http://www.fastcompany.com/3037803/the-oral-history-of-the-poop-emoji-or-how-google-brought-poop-to-americaAlso interesting in the light of the history and future of emojis ﻿___

When I saw this article lifehacker.com/the-simplest-way-to-find-out-your-secret-uber-passeng-1685276530 I thought it was about asking the driver. Today I finally did that (see picture). I have 4.8 out of 5. Thank you, Uber taxi drivers!

Ps It turned out the article was about mailing to Uber. Which I did originally but Josh from Uber Hong Kong wrote to me:

Hi Tom,

Unfortunately, this policy varies from region to region! Here in HK we don't reveal this customer rating.

However - I CAN tell you that the next time you take anUber ride, I suggest you ask your driver this question and I'm sure he will oblige ;)

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!

Josh﻿

When I saw this article lifehacker.com/the-simplest-way-to-find-out-your-secret-uber-passeng-1685276530 I thought it was about asking the driver. Today I finally did that (see picture). I have 4.8 out of 5. Thank you, Uber taxi drivers!

Ps It turned out the article was about mailing to Uber. Which I did originally but Josh from Uber Hong Kong wrote to me:

Hi Tom,

Unfortunately, this policy varies from region to region! Here in HK we don't reveal this customer rating.

However - I CAN tell you that the next time you take anUber ride, I suggest you ask your driver this question and I'm sure he will oblige ;)

I'm not sure what sustainable means nor how it's measured but both Amsterdam and Rotterdam are more sustainable than Hong Kong http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/these-are-the-most-sustainable-cities-in-the-world--lJh0YR6fhx ﻿

I'm not sure what sustainable means nor how it's measured but both Amsterdam and Rotterdam are more sustainable than Hong Kong http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/these-are-the-most-sustainable-cities-in-the-world--lJh0YR6fhx ﻿___

This article about child attraction http://longreads.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1854296747731744c923a33ef&id=570d3aa22c&e=61f1e7bdd4 was from last August but I only read it now. I think that young children are the cutest and that abuse punishes them for being cute. So, anyone who needs help in not abusing, read this. And everyone interested in this difficult topic, read it too ﻿

This article about child attraction http://longreads.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1854296747731744c923a33ef&id=570d3aa22c&e=61f1e7bdd4 was from last August but I only read it now. I think that young children are the cutest and that abuse punishes them for being cute. So, anyone who needs help in not abusing, read this. And everyone interested in this difficult topic, read it too ﻿___